George Is a Mail Carrier for the Post Office

question 94

Multiple Choice

George is a mail carrier for the post office. While George enjoys his job and recognizes that he is making an important difference to people's lives, delivering their mail to them, he is bored with his job and wishes that he has more opportunities to learn new things and then use what he learned. George would be happier if he had more ________ in his job.

• A) task significance
• B) feedback
• C) skill variety
• D) autonomy

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Definitions:

Downward-Sloping

A term used to describe a line or curve on a graph that moves from the upper left to the lower right, often associated with the demand curve in economics.

Complements

Goods and services that are used together, where the consumption or use of one increases the demand for the other.

Normal Goods

Goods for which demand increases as consumer income rises, holding prices constant.

Steak

A cut of meat, typically beef, that is sliced perpendicular to the muscle fibers.